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Google maps fruit fly brain, engineers immediately make it play Doom

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Google has successfully mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly, reconstructing over 166,000 neurons using AI. This breakthrough in neuroscience, achieved in collaboration with the HHMI Janelia Research Campus, is expected to accelerate brain research. Shortly after the announcement, software engineers demonstrated the AI-powered neural map's ability to play classic video games like Doom and Super Mario 64, with one engineer noting the use of GPT Astra for coding one of the game-playing projects. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability in complex biological mapping and its rapid application in unexpected creative ways, potentially accelerating research and development.

RANK_REASON The cluster details a scientific research milestone involving the mapping of a fruit fly's brain and its subsequent application in a novel way. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Google maps fruit fly brain, engineers immediately make it play Doom

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mario 64

    Scientists mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly for the first time. Days later the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome was being trained to play Doom and Mario 64.

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